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LYNBROOK /VIALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 9 NO. 50 Entered as Second-Class Matter
Post Office, LvpbrooV , N. V. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, May 14, 1970 10<
Y.A.F. launches Letter Writing Campaign
The South Nassau Chapter of their support behind the Presi- a safe sanctuary behind the Cam-the
Young Americans for dent. When Richard Nixon ran bodian border. They could come
Freedom announced the be- for President in 1968, he cam- into Vietnam and attack allied '
ginning of a letter writii^ cam- paigned on a strong Vietnam forces and run and hide in Cam- * ' ^ . a ^
paign showing support of Presi- policy. The people elected him bodia with no fear of any pur-dent
Nixon's decision to send and his policy for four years, suement by South Vietnamese or
troops into Cambodia to "root if the American people wish to Americans, In effect the enemy
out" Communist sanctuaries. change that policy they should was shooting and we had no way
Members of the chapter are do in in the voting booth rather of fighting back."
urging all Americans to write than through violence." For further Information con-the
President and all public of- The YAF chairman went on to cerning the letter writing
ficials showing support of the say, "The decision to send troops campaign or other YAF ac-
President's Vietnam policy, into Cambodia was a necessary tiviUes please write:
Edward Martin, chapter chair- step to save lives. As the sltua- Young Americans for Free-man,
stated, "K the United States tion was, the Communists had dom, 134 Union Ave., Lynbrook.
is going to make any headway in
Vietnam the people must throw
Cornell Law Group
Elects Mayor Becker
Francis X, Becker, Mayor of
Lynbrook and a 1949 graduate
of Cornell University and a 1952
graduate of its Law School, was
elected to the Executive Com-mittee
of the Cornell Law As-sociation,
The Group, which gives ad-vice
and direction, represents
the alumni and the executive
committee members serve a
three year term. Mr, Becker,
who was elected at the spring
meeting, is also a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Nassau Cornell Alumni Associa-tion,
Personalities
Anneite Ling
Outdoor Art Exhibit
Plans for the second annual
Outdoor Art Exhibit sponsored
by the Fine Arts Committee of
the Village of Lynbrook have
been finalized. The show will
take place on Saturday, May 23rd
in the Parking Lot directly be-hind
the Library on Eldert Street
in Lynbrook. Paintings and sculp-tures
will be exhibited between
the hours of 12 noon and 4
P.M. on that day.
According to Fine Arts Co-ordinator
Phyllis Scheinman and
Committee Chairman Robert
Stewart, works in all media —
oil, water, tempera, charcoal,
etc,, as well as all types of
sculpture will be on display.
All artists working or residing
in the Village of Lynbrook or
School District #20 are eligible
to participate, and they are re-quested
to pick up an entry blank
at Village Hall (381 Sunrise High-way),
the Library or Recreation
Center, As many as three works
from any single artist will be
exhibited* For further ii;forma-tion,
artists are asked to call
LY, 3-2917 or LY, 3-3944.
Last year in a similar show,
over 100 works were exhibited
by almost 50 artists. The com-mittee
expects an even finer
showing this year. In recognition
of an artist's participation, a
special certificate signed by Lyn-brook
Mayor Francis X. &cker
will be awarded.
Andrew G. Jerry
20 Years Service
Branch 1739, N.A,L,C, honors 3 men with 20 years of service to the Lynbrook Post Office, A dinner
was held in their honor recently at the East Point Inn, East Rockaway,
Senior Carrier Herman Pobllner congratulates(L to R) WilliamRyan of East Rockaway, William Burke
formerly of East R o c k a w a y and Michael Petrizzi, Looking on at the extreme left is Supt, of Mails William
Stegman.
Mr, Andrew G. Jerry, named
as one of the most outstanding
civic leaders of America was
bom in Jersey City, New Jersey,
His father, now deceased, was
the "barrel king of the United
States and invented the patented
"Jericho Barrel," His father
owned a large plant in Brook-lyn
and was also an outstand-ing
leader, especially in poli-tics,
His mother, Evlyn is a
resident of Los Angeles, Cal-ifornia,
He has one sister,
Marion, now Mrs. S. Frederick-son,
who lives in Inglewood, Cal-ifornia.
His sister holds the
post of Grand Representative of
the Order of the Eastern Star,
a national U.S. honor in that
organization.
Andy graduated from St. Ce-cilia
Parochial School in Brook-lyn
and DeLa Salle Prep School.
He attended St. John's University,
Fordham University and Univer-sity
of California, majoring in
Journalism. His first job was
with the Associated Press, as-signed
to Colorado and he has
visited every state in the coun-try,
EXiring the Depression Years
outstanding U.S. College Track
athletes were given the job of
pulling 'rickshas at the Chicago
World's Fair, also known as
the Century of Progress, He
had been a star cross-country
runner at the University of Cal-ifornia.
He was a personal
guide and escort to Mrs, Sarah
Delano Roosevelt, the Famed War
Correspondent Floyd Gibbons,
Primo Camera, die Italian
World's Heavy Weight Champion
later defeated by Joe Lewis,
Sally Rand, the Fan Dancer and
was the official interpreter for
General Italo Balbo, the Italian
Air Force Commander who made
a good-will trip to the Fair
part of his American Tour,
After the Chicago Fair, he
became associated with the
R.K.O. Keats Theatres and was
the Assistant Manager of the
Flushing R.K.O. Theatre where
he metmanyfamed show business
acts and personalities such as
the late Houdini,
He m a r r i e d the former
Frances Ducca in 1939 and she
is still just as petite and pretty
as the day they were married
and a most attractive and
gracious lady. The couple lived
in Richmond Hills for a time
and Oceanside, and finally be-came
residents of Lynbrook,
U.S.A. in 1946,
Then fie became associated
with the New York World's Fair
of 1939 and 1940, where he was
Supervisor of Guides, He be-came
a close friend of Billy
Rose, the famed showman and
producer of the Aquacade.
In 1940, he became interested
in legalization of the Para Mutual
Betting Law at which time he
was personally sponsored by the
late N.Y. State Senators Done-gan
and Crawford for employ-ment
with his present employer,
the New York Racing Assoc.
Andy has been happy in his
work for the past 30 years be-cause
of the wonderM people
he has met and the fact tliat
it drove illicit gambling from
the tracks from New York State,
Andy feels that the so-called
"sport of k i n p " has finally come
into it's own in New York,
He often meets Mrs. Joan
Pay son, the owner of the N.Y.
Mets, who greets him with a
cheery, "Hi., Andy," and Alfred
Gynna VanderbUt often asks him
for a cigarette at the track.
He and Frances haved lived
on Marshall Ave. in Lynbrook,
U.S.A. for 24 years and they
have three lovely young daugh-ters.
The oldest is Andrea,
now Mrs. John DeStephano of
Brooklyn, Marilyn, age 22, and
pretty Cynthia, or "Cindy" age
14 a ninth grader at Lynbrook
North Junior High School.
Frances is an excellent cook
and her complete devotion, en-couragement
and support during
his busy life has been a main-stay
to Andy.
Andy is a two-term Past Pres-ident
of the Lynbrook Kiwanis
Club and also organized the
Peninsula Kiwanis Club during
his term as Lt. Govemor of
the Kiwanis Club of the South
Shore,
The two highlights of his life
are his two hour talks with the
late Herbert Hoover at the Wal-dorf
Astoria and his meeting
with J. Edgar Hoover in Wash-ington.
The walls of his home
are lined with civic awards for,
his work with the Key Clubs,
the Boys' Division of the Kiwanis
Clubs to encourage good citizen-ship,
The Optimists Interna-tional
Clubs of America gave
him a special award for his
boys' club work in behalf of
youth.
He has a placque from his
Testimonial Dinner given to him
by the Long Island Columbia

ELM
LYNBROOK /VIALVERNE EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 9 NO. 50 Entered as Second-Class Matter
Post Office, LvpbrooV , N. V. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday, May 14, 1970 10<
Y.A.F. launches Letter Writing Campaign
The South Nassau Chapter of their support behind the Presi- a safe sanctuary behind the Cam-the
Young Americans for dent. When Richard Nixon ran bodian border. They could come
Freedom announced the be- for President in 1968, he cam- into Vietnam and attack allied '
ginning of a letter writii^ cam- paigned on a strong Vietnam forces and run and hide in Cam- * ' ^ . a ^
paign showing support of Presi- policy. The people elected him bodia with no fear of any pur-dent
Nixon's decision to send and his policy for four years, suement by South Vietnamese or
troops into Cambodia to "root if the American people wish to Americans, In effect the enemy
out" Communist sanctuaries. change that policy they should was shooting and we had no way
Members of the chapter are do in in the voting booth rather of fighting back."
urging all Americans to write than through violence." For further Information con-the
President and all public of- The YAF chairman went on to cerning the letter writing
ficials showing support of the say, "The decision to send troops campaign or other YAF ac-
President's Vietnam policy, into Cambodia was a necessary tiviUes please write:
Edward Martin, chapter chair- step to save lives. As the sltua- Young Americans for Free-man,
stated, "K the United States tion was, the Communists had dom, 134 Union Ave., Lynbrook.
is going to make any headway in
Vietnam the people must throw
Cornell Law Group
Elects Mayor Becker
Francis X, Becker, Mayor of
Lynbrook and a 1949 graduate
of Cornell University and a 1952
graduate of its Law School, was
elected to the Executive Com-mittee
of the Cornell Law As-sociation,
The Group, which gives ad-vice
and direction, represents
the alumni and the executive
committee members serve a
three year term. Mr, Becker,
who was elected at the spring
meeting, is also a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Nassau Cornell Alumni Associa-tion,
Personalities
Anneite Ling
Outdoor Art Exhibit
Plans for the second annual
Outdoor Art Exhibit sponsored
by the Fine Arts Committee of
the Village of Lynbrook have
been finalized. The show will
take place on Saturday, May 23rd
in the Parking Lot directly be-hind
the Library on Eldert Street
in Lynbrook. Paintings and sculp-tures
will be exhibited between
the hours of 12 noon and 4
P.M. on that day.
According to Fine Arts Co-ordinator
Phyllis Scheinman and
Committee Chairman Robert
Stewart, works in all media —
oil, water, tempera, charcoal,
etc,, as well as all types of
sculpture will be on display.
All artists working or residing
in the Village of Lynbrook or
School District #20 are eligible
to participate, and they are re-quested
to pick up an entry blank
at Village Hall (381 Sunrise High-way),
the Library or Recreation
Center, As many as three works
from any single artist will be
exhibited* For further ii;forma-tion,
artists are asked to call
LY, 3-2917 or LY, 3-3944.
Last year in a similar show,
over 100 works were exhibited
by almost 50 artists. The com-mittee
expects an even finer
showing this year. In recognition
of an artist's participation, a
special certificate signed by Lyn-brook
Mayor Francis X. &cker
will be awarded.
Andrew G. Jerry
20 Years Service
Branch 1739, N.A,L,C, honors 3 men with 20 years of service to the Lynbrook Post Office, A dinner
was held in their honor recently at the East Point Inn, East Rockaway,
Senior Carrier Herman Pobllner congratulates(L to R) WilliamRyan of East Rockaway, William Burke
formerly of East R o c k a w a y and Michael Petrizzi, Looking on at the extreme left is Supt, of Mails William
Stegman.
Mr, Andrew G. Jerry, named
as one of the most outstanding
civic leaders of America was
bom in Jersey City, New Jersey,
His father, now deceased, was
the "barrel king of the United
States and invented the patented
"Jericho Barrel," His father
owned a large plant in Brook-lyn
and was also an outstand-ing
leader, especially in poli-tics,
His mother, Evlyn is a
resident of Los Angeles, Cal-ifornia,
He has one sister,
Marion, now Mrs. S. Frederick-son,
who lives in Inglewood, Cal-ifornia.
His sister holds the
post of Grand Representative of
the Order of the Eastern Star,
a national U.S. honor in that
organization.
Andy graduated from St. Ce-cilia
Parochial School in Brook-lyn
and DeLa Salle Prep School.
He attended St. John's University,
Fordham University and Univer-sity
of California, majoring in
Journalism. His first job was
with the Associated Press, as-signed
to Colorado and he has
visited every state in the coun-try,
EXiring the Depression Years
outstanding U.S. College Track
athletes were given the job of
pulling 'rickshas at the Chicago
World's Fair, also known as
the Century of Progress, He
had been a star cross-country
runner at the University of Cal-ifornia.
He was a personal
guide and escort to Mrs, Sarah
Delano Roosevelt, the Famed War
Correspondent Floyd Gibbons,
Primo Camera, die Italian
World's Heavy Weight Champion
later defeated by Joe Lewis,
Sally Rand, the Fan Dancer and
was the official interpreter for
General Italo Balbo, the Italian
Air Force Commander who made
a good-will trip to the Fair
part of his American Tour,
After the Chicago Fair, he
became associated with the
R.K.O. Keats Theatres and was
the Assistant Manager of the
Flushing R.K.O. Theatre where
he metmanyfamed show business
acts and personalities such as
the late Houdini,
He m a r r i e d the former
Frances Ducca in 1939 and she
is still just as petite and pretty
as the day they were married
and a most attractive and
gracious lady. The couple lived
in Richmond Hills for a time
and Oceanside, and finally be-came
residents of Lynbrook,
U.S.A. in 1946,
Then fie became associated
with the New York World's Fair
of 1939 and 1940, where he was
Supervisor of Guides, He be-came
a close friend of Billy
Rose, the famed showman and
producer of the Aquacade.
In 1940, he became interested
in legalization of the Para Mutual
Betting Law at which time he
was personally sponsored by the
late N.Y. State Senators Done-gan
and Crawford for employ-ment
with his present employer,
the New York Racing Assoc.
Andy has been happy in his
work for the past 30 years be-cause
of the wonderM people
he has met and the fact tliat
it drove illicit gambling from
the tracks from New York State,
Andy feels that the so-called
"sport of k i n p " has finally come
into it's own in New York,
He often meets Mrs. Joan
Pay son, the owner of the N.Y.
Mets, who greets him with a
cheery, "Hi., Andy," and Alfred
Gynna VanderbUt often asks him
for a cigarette at the track.
He and Frances haved lived
on Marshall Ave. in Lynbrook,
U.S.A. for 24 years and they
have three lovely young daugh-ters.
The oldest is Andrea,
now Mrs. John DeStephano of
Brooklyn, Marilyn, age 22, and
pretty Cynthia, or "Cindy" age
14 a ninth grader at Lynbrook
North Junior High School.
Frances is an excellent cook
and her complete devotion, en-couragement
and support during
his busy life has been a main-stay
to Andy.
Andy is a two-term Past Pres-ident
of the Lynbrook Kiwanis
Club and also organized the
Peninsula Kiwanis Club during
his term as Lt. Govemor of
the Kiwanis Club of the South
Shore,
The two highlights of his life
are his two hour talks with the
late Herbert Hoover at the Wal-dorf
Astoria and his meeting
with J. Edgar Hoover in Wash-ington.
The walls of his home
are lined with civic awards for,
his work with the Key Clubs,
the Boys' Division of the Kiwanis
Clubs to encourage good citizen-ship,
The Optimists Interna-tional
Clubs of America gave
him a special award for his
boys' club work in behalf of
youth.
He has a placque from his
Testimonial Dinner given to him
by the Long Island Columbia